Fadil Nimani

Fadil Nimani (7 April 1967-26 May 2001) was an insurgent commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Macedonian UCK. He was killed by Macedonia during the Macedonian Civil War.

Biography
Fadil Nimani was born on 7 April 1967 in Gjakova, SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia to a family of Kosovars (Albanians in Kosovo). At the start of the Kosovo War, he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army in their fight against the Yugoslav government, and by the end of 1998, he was a commander in Metohija. He fled across the border to Macedonia after the Serbian Interior Ministry sought to arrest him.

Nimani joined the Macedonian UCK during their resistance against the government of Macedonia, which gave them less rights than Macedonian people. He led the UCK 114th Brigade in the Kumanovo region, and on 26 May 2001, he was killed by Macedonian special forces at Vaksince, near Kumanovo.